Newswire: The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy announces new children’s book with Carson Ellis

On Tuesday, The Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy announced he’ll publish a middle-grade novel called The Whiz Mob And The Grenadine Kid, set for an October 24 publication. If the title isn’t whimsical enough for you, Publisher’s Weekly reported last year that the novel will follow “an impressionable young American who falls in with a ragtag group of pickpockets in 1961 France.”

For The Whiz Mob, Meloy is once again collaborating with bestselling author and illustrator (and his wife) Carson Ellis. Here’s her gorgeous cover art: